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The Onset of Working Memory in Infants
Author(s) -
Reznick J. Steven,
Morrow Judy D.,
Goldman Barbara Davis,
Snyder Jessica
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
infancy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.361
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1532-7078
pISSN - 1525-0008
DOI - 10.1207/s15327078in0601_7
Subject(s) - psychology , task (project management) , working memory , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , audiology , cognition , neuroscience , medicine , management , economics
Abstract We used an optimized configuration of the delayed‐response task to explore the ability of young infants to remember which of 2 locations was correct across 12 trials after a 1‐ to 2‐sec delay. Performance improved with age, particularly after 5.5 months. These findings suggest an onset of appreciable working memory for many infants in the middle of their 6th month.